By Edmund Lee Published 2:49 pm PST, Monday, November 19, 2018 Saeed Jones (left) and Isaac Fitzgerald reply to tweets during a commercial break on “AM to DM,” a weekday morning show produced by BuzzFeed News. Saeed Jones (left) and Isaac Fitzgerald reply to tweets during a commercial break on “AM to DM,” a weekday morning show produced by BuzzFeed News. Photo: David Dee Delgado / New York Times 2017 Photo: David Dee Delgado / New York Times 2017 Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 Saeed Jones (left) and Isaac Fitzgerald reply to tweets during a commercial break on “AM to DM,” a weekday morning show produced by BuzzFeed News. Saeed Jones (left) and Isaac Fitzgerald reply to tweets during a commercial break on “AM to DM,” a weekday morning show produced by BuzzFeed News. Photo: David Dee Delgado / New York Times 2017 Founder’s big idea to revive BuzzFeed’s fortunes? A merger with rivals 1 / 3 Back to Gallery BuzzFeed has long positioned itself as the future of publishing — it practices the mysterious arts of digital media better than anyone. From the beginning, its ability to know, before anyone else, what sort of content would go viral delivered it a large audience and helped the company attract half a billion dollars in venture money and a steady stream of mostly positive media attention. Then came 2017, when the company fell far short of its revenue goal of $350 million. Sales instead came in… [Read full story]